The DAX climbed 0.6 percent to 9,473.24 at the close of
trading in Frankfurt, bringing the weekly gain to 0.4 percent.
The broader HDAX Index added 0.6 percent today.

The U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 6.7 percent, compared
with the median economist forecast of 7 percent. Payrolls in
December increased 74,000, the slowest pace since January 2011
and below the most pessimistic projection in a Bloomberg survey.
More than a quarter million Americans were not at work because
of inclement weather, the Labor Department said. That was the
most for any December since 1977.

Lufthansa gained 8.9 percent to 17.35 euros. Fuel costs may
drop to 6.9 billion euros ($9.4 billion) this year, 200 million
euros below the estimate for 2013, the company said on its
website. A measure of costs per passenger will fall about 2
percent, with a larger decline expected in 2015.

Metro Climbs

Metro advanced 2.8 percent to 34.95 euros. Investor
newsletter Platow Brief said that Franz Haniel & Cie, Metro’s
biggest shareholder, would push for the retailer to sell its
Real, Kaufhof or Media-Saturn units. Haniel spokesman Dietmar Bochert called the report “outrageous nonsense,” while a Metro
official declined to comment.

SMA Solar rallied 14 percent to 29.42 euros. Deutsche Bank
upgraded the solar-energy company to buy from hold, saying
recent share declines are a buying opportunity. The stock fell
34 percent from its October high to its low in December.

Brenntag, the world’s largest distributor of chemicals,
declined 2.4 percent to 126.7 euros. UBS lowered its rating to
neutral from buy, citing limited potential for gains as growth
is unlikely to accelerate.